One Nation under God......Really?

On October 23 a Trevor Keezer was fired from a Home Depot in West Palm Beach Florida. He was fired because of a pin on his Apron that said, "One nation under God, indivisible." and had worn it since March of last year. Trevor said "I've worn it for well over a year and I support my country and God," and "I was just doing what I think every American should do, just love my country.". How telling of our society and its morale decline and hatred for all things related to God, than this story. How is it that somehow over the past century God has become offensive to people?

But wait, it gets worse. Craig Fishel a Home Depot spokesman said, "This associate chose to wear a button that expressed his religious beliefs.". WHAT!?! The button is a line from our Pledge of Allegiance to our flag.

I pledge Allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible,
with Liberty and Justice for all.

Fishel said Trevor was offered a company-approved pin that said, "United We Stand," but he declined. Now that pin is just as patriotic as the pin Trevor chose to wear, so what is the big deal. Its all about the word God being offensive. Since when did quotes from our own American heritage become offensive? Would Trevor also not be allowed to have any cash in plain sight because it says "In God we Trust"?

Michael Masinter, a civil rights and employment law professor at NOVA Southeastern University said, "Because it's a private business, not one that's owned and operated by the government, it doesn't have to operate under the free speech provisions of the First Amendment,". So now we don't have free speech at work?

Our country is running away from God at break neck speed. No other views seem to be under attack today except those that are based on following Jesus Christ as the absolute Truth. Just 200 years ago we were a country founded on religious freedom, by religious God fearing men, that wrote a constitution acknowledging God.

John Adams said "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

Noah Webster said "The moral principles and precepts contained in the scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. . . All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible."

Benjamin Franklin said "[O]nly a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."

"Whereas true religion and good morals are the only solid foundations of public liberty and happiness . . . it is hereby earnestly recommended to the several States to take the most effectual measures for the encouragement thereof." Continental Congress, 1778"

George Washington said " Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society."

I don't recognize this country anymore. Our founders knew what they were doing when they relied on God and His wisdom in how they set up our country. It pains me to see those in power over the past few years undoing all that is good about our country. I for one will not be quiet, I will not sit down, I will not stop proclaiming the name of Jesus to this lost world. There will be a day when everyone will acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord. Philippians 2:9-11

9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

Stay the course friends, and do not take your eyes off of Christ. We need to be faithful until the end, no matter the cost. There is nothing more important than eternity, and all people need to hear about it to make their decision. I applaud Trevor Keezer, because he refused to take the non-God pin. He stood his ground even though he was fired. Let us not just say we have faith, LIVE IT!